World English Bible
1 Samuel 5:12
“The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 5
10
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.
11
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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